Human Action: A Treatise on Economics is a work by the Austrian economist and philosopher Ludwig von Mises. Widely considered Mises' magnum opus, it presents the case for laissez-faire capitalism based on praxeology, or rational investigation of human decision-making. It rejects positivism within economics. It defends an a priori epistemology and underpins praxeology with a foundation of methodological individualism and speculative laws of apodictic certainty. Mises argues that the free-market economy not only outdistances any government-planned system, but ultimately serves as the foundation of civilization itself.
- ISBN10 0945466242
- ISBN13 9780945466246
- Publish Date 1 December 1998 (first published 1 September 1966)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Ludwig Von Mises Institute
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 912
- Language English